Introduction to Psychology
Schools of thought, pioneers and key ideas at speed. The psychology warm-up.
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Psychology is best defined as:
- The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes
- The study of rocks
- The study of the stars
- The treatment of physical injuries only
Who set up the first psychology laboratory, in Leipzig in 1879?
- Sigmund Freud
- Ivan Pavlov
- Wilhelm Wundt
- William James
Introspection, used by early psychologists, means:
- Examining one's own thoughts and feelings
- Watching crowds
- Studying animals
- Measuring brain waves
Which school of thought did William James lead?
- Structuralism
- Functionalism
- Behaviourism
- Psychoanalysis
Who founded psychoanalysis?
- Sigmund Freud
- Carl Rogers
- Wilhelm Wundt
- B. F. Skinner
Behaviourism was founded by:
- Carl Jung
- Abraham Maslow
- Jean Piaget
- John B. Watson
Humanistic psychology is most associated with:
- Wundt and Titchener
- Pavlov and Watson
- Freud and Jung
- Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
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